The head of Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign in New Hampshire said he believes an allegation that state Republican Party Chair Wayne MacDonald was helping Mitt Romney behind the scenes, as a new e-book suggests.

“I don’t think it is an earth shattering revelation,” said Hemingway, who now heads a political action committee aimed at helping a New Hampshire Republican governor get elected.

The new e-book on the presidential campaign put out by the Real Clear Politics website says, “MacDonald was the chairman of the state Republican Party in New Hampshire, and therefore officially neutral. But in the old Irish phrase, his friends knew which side he was neutral on. And yes, he assured anyone who asked, New Hampshire was still solidly in the palm of Mitt Romney’s hand.”

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New Hampshire Republican Party Executive Director Tory Mazzola called the charge against MacDonald “ridiculous.”

Hemingway recalled that just four months before the presidential primary Tea Party backed Jack Kimball was ousted from the job of state party chair. MacDonald, the vice chair, then took over the chairman’s role.

“Part of the play was to get Jack out of there so that there was a strong pro-Romney voice inside of the state party organization,” Hemingway said.